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B. OLAVIEZ. PROCESS OF MAKING PAPER THREAD.

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B. OLAVIBZ. rnocass or MAKING PAPER THREAD.

No. 604,349. Patented May 17, 1898.

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l lMlL CLAVIEZ, OF CIIEMNITZ, GERMANY, ASSIGNOR TO THE nuns"- \\"l llil lltl ll CLAYIEZ i s COMPANY, OF LEIPSTC, GERMANY.

PROCESS OF MAKING PAPER THREAD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 604,349, dated May 17, 1898.

Application filed January 31 1896.

To all whom it 72mg concern:

lie it known that 1, Erin, ULAVLEZ, a citizen of the German Empire, residingat Chemnitz, in the Kingdom of Saxony and German Empire, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Processes of Making laper Thread, of which the following is a specifieation.

This invention relates to an improved process for the manufacture of yarn or thread from paper; and it consists, first, in moistening the paper for rendering the same soft and tough, then shredding the paper into strips, then applying a suitable adhesive material or size to the shreds or paper strips, then steaming the so-sized shreds orstrips while the same are wound upon perforated spools into which the steam is caused to penetrate, so as to loosen the adhesive material, then twisting the shreds or strips into threads, then drawing or stretching the twisted shreds, so as to render the threads more compact and their twist more nnifornnand siinultaneously,while drawing or stretching the threads, subjecting them to the action of suitable liquids, and finally drying the threads, all as will be hereinafter fully described and then claimed.

The accompanying drawings show one form of apparatus for carrying out my invention.

Figure 1 shows in side elevation the cutting or shredding apparatus, the apparatus for impregnating the strips of paper with size or adhesive material, and the spooling apparatus. Fig. 2 is a detail view of the twisting apparatus; and Fig. 3 is a sectional side elevation of a drawing-frame and a drying apparatus, the twisting apparatus being shown in operative position on the drying-frame.

The sheets or webs of paper are, in accordance with my process, first treated and theroughly saturated with a suitable liquid, so as to render the paper both soft and tough. The paper is then drawn through a suitable shredding mechanism, whereby the sheet or web is cut up longitudinally into narrow strips, so that it may be worked up into yarn or thread without the use of vegetable fibers and which yarn or thread may be used in a similar manner to any other yarn or thread of wool, flax, hemp, or the like. A desirable form of shredding apparatus comprises the framework A, which carries at its front part a roller (.4, on which the sheet of paper, pre- Serial No. 577,594. \No specimensd pared as above stated, is wound. From the roller a the sheet of paper is carried over a slowly-revolving cylinder 1) of larger diameter, which is driven by a large gear-wheel p, operated from any suitable source of power, which meshes with a pinion 0 on the axis of said cylinder b, from whence the sheet of paper is conveyed between the tension-rollers c, mounted in the upper part of the frame (I, and from the tension-rollers (2 over a roll 1?. At the top of the frame A of the shredding apparatus is mounted a cylinder g, which is provided with gndgeons journaled in oscillating arms 6, that are pivoted at it to the frame. This cylinder 5 carries a suitable number of knives g, which are arranged in circular series around the circumference of said cylinder. The arms 0 and the cylinder y can be moved upwardly and downwardly by means of the hand-lever f, whereby the cylinder g is brought in contact with the IOlltl below it, so that the web of paper which passes over the said guide-roll d will be shredded and cut up by the knives into narrow strips. From over the roll (I the shreds or strips are conducted over guide-rollers h i it, supported in suitable bearings of the frame A, and then over suitable tension-rollersl m a, which are mounted in suitable bearings of a bracket A, projecting from the rear of the frame A. After being shredded the paper strips are conducted through a special apparatus, whereby they are impregnated with an adhesive substance or size. Such apparatus may comprise a frame A which supports in suitable bearings or bracket extensions A thereof a roller q, over which the shreds 0r strips are conducted from the shreddingapparatus, and from thence the shreds or strips are conducted between guides r and between the sizing-rolls y. The lower sizing-roll dips into a suitable trough or fonnt 1 which contains suitable size or adhesive material, so that by the rotation of the rolls y said material is applied to the shreds or strips. The impregnation of the strips by means of the size or adhesive substance before spooling the same in a spooling apparatus to be presently described is to prevent the slipping of the strips from their respective positions on the spools, and thus prevent any possible knotting or entangling of the strips.

13 indicates the framework of the spooling apparatus, from the front portion of which project a suitable number of brackets l, on which are mounted a suitable number of spools 2. These spools are rotated by means of a suitable frictional belt 5, the forward portion or run of which engages with the peripheries of the rims or flanges of the spools, said endless belt being guided over the beltpulleys l and 3 at the top and bottom, respectively, ofthe framell. The impregnated or sized strips are drawn over between the sizing-rolls 1 by means of the positively-rotated spools L in the spooling apparatus, this action rotating the rolls y, so that they are caused to supply the size or adhesive material to the shreds. In order to obtain a perfectly-even spelling of the shreds or strips, guides ll of a frame l, arranged in front of the spools 2, are provided. Said frame may be reciprocated or oscillated in any suitable manner-as, for instance, by means of an inclined rock-shaft T, stepped in suitable bear ings at the top and bottom and provided with a cam-lever 7, which is provided with an antifrietion-roller at its rear end engaged by a cam ll on a suitable drireshaft. The paper shreds or strips which are wound upon the spools are steamed by injecting the steam into the interior of the spools, whereby the adhesive substance orsize previously applied tothe strips isloosened or removed therefrejnn. After the steaming of the spools and the material wound thereon, the spools are placed in a spinning apparatus or frame and the paper shreds or strips twisted.

A preferred form of spinning apparatus consists of a spimiingframe .I, (see Figs. 2 and 3,) which is provided. with a suitable spindle ll, on which the spool 23 is placed. The spinning-frame fl is provided with a vertical shaft 10, which is journalcd in suitable bearings in the frame 13' of the drawing apparatus. The rotation of the shaft ll) and the consequent rotation ofthespinning-frame i is accomplished through the medium of a suitable driving mechanism 12, whereby the necessary twist is imparted to the shreds or strips which are conducted from the spools. From the spools the twisted shreds 11 are drawn overa transverse guide-rod 1; into the pulling-rolls ll, mounted in the upper part of the frame ii". To the rear of the pullingrolls 14: are mounted a pair of rolls l5, and to the rear of these are also mounted a pair of drawing-rolls 1! The lower roll of the pair 15 dips into a fount or trough 15", which is supplied with suitable liquids which are applied to the shreds or strips drawn or stretched between the rolls ii and 16, whereby the shreds or strips are impregnated with liquids and a smooth appearance imparted to the surface of the same. After the impregnation of the shreds or strips by the liquids in the trough 15 they are again compressed between the drawing-rolls 115, whereby the portions of the shreds or strips between the rolls 1i and 1b are drawn or stretched. This drawing or stretching of the shreds or strips renders the threads more compact and the twist more uniform and is produced by reason of the fact that the rolls ll have a greater peripheral speed than the rolls 14, which is accomplished by a suitable transmitting mechanism. The drawing or stretching of the threads imparts to them the desired round shape and at the same time condenses or compresses the structure of the threads in such a way that a certain polish or smoothness is imparted to the same. The saturation of the shreds or strips while being drawn between the rolls it and 16 has for its object the imparting ot' a smooth. appearance to the surface of the threads which are produced. From the said drawing mechanism the various threads pass through a suitable drying apparatus in which dry air is actively circulated in anysuitable manner, as by means of exhaust-fans, so that the threads which are dried receive a vibratory motion, which thereby assists the, dry air in drying the threads.

A suitable form of drying apparatus may consist of acasing in, which is provided with a suitable heater or radiator 22, arranged therein, while below the heate are mounted two exhaust-fans 2 23, which are d rivcn in any suitable manner, as by means of a belt ill and pulleys 25, mounted on the shafts of the fans. lly means of rollers ltl, mounted in the upper part of the dryingapparatus, the threads are pulled from the drying apparatus under a guide-roller l7, and from thence the threads are pulled through the drying apparatus by means of a pail-of rollers B l, from whence the threads are drawn in dry condition by suitable wi ndi ng up meehanism,which winds them into cops.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is 1. The process herein described of making thread from paper, which consists in cutting paper into narrow strips of suitable length, steaming said strips so as to soften the same, twisting the strips into threads, drawing the threads for condensing, roumling and polishing the same, impregnating the threads with a suitable liquid, and finally drying the threads, substantially as set forth.

2. The process herein described of making thread from paper, which consists in cutting paper into narrow strips of suitable length, steaming said strips so as to soften the same, twisting the strips so as to form threads, drawing the threads thus produced and simultaneously subjecting the same to the action of suitable liquids, and finally drying the threads, substantially as set forth.

EMIL (ILAVII lZ.

Witnesses:

PAUL SCHULZ, Taco 'ltoiowsni. 

